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Celeste's Realm.
Sailor Uranus opened her eyes slowly. Her head ached and throbbed with a dull pain. She tried to remember what happened after she jumped into the portal after Michelle. *Michelle? Where is she?*
She opened her mouth to call out to her lover, but couldn't, as she was gagged. Someone, or thing, had chained her arms to the wall, forcing her to stand. Her legs ached, and she longed to sit down.
"I wouldn't bother calling for help, my dear. No-one will come to aid you, not here," purred the voice of Anne.
Anne walked in front of Sailor Uranus and stopped in front of her. She reached up and took the gag away from Uranus's mouth.
"Is that more comfortable?" asked Anne, smiling.
Uranus spat at the vampiress, and said "Where the hell is Sailor Neptune, you little bitch!?"
"Temper, temper," Anne laughed.
Anne looked up as she heard the echo of footsteps. Saffire entered the room, and he glared at Sailor Uranus.
"I thought you said we'd captured Sailor Venus," he said bitterly.
"Actually, I said we'd captured two of the Scouts, and that wretched human who helps Obsidian," answered Anne. "Why the obsession with Venus, may I ask?"
"She killed someone who was close to me," he said, pushing his dark blue bangs away from his eyes.
"Emerald?" asked Anne.
"How did you know?" he said, shocked.
Sailor Uranus laughed. "You forgot that you already told Venus you wanted to kill her for killing Emerald, retard."
Anne slapped Uranus in the face sharply. Her brown eyes were full of loathing, and she let her face morph into its vampiric self.
"Silence!" she hissed. "You will spoke when spoken to, or do you want the gag back?"
Sailor Uranus fell quiet. She bowed her head, still feeling the stinging sensation of the slap.
"That's better," said Anne. She smiled faintly, and stroked Sailor Uranus's leg.
"It would be such a pity, to spoil something as precious as you, my dear," she added.
Anne held Saffire's arm and led him out of the room, leaving Sailor Uranus alone. Uranus screamed in frustration, but no one came back, and no one answered her.
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"How did you know?" asked Saffire again, as he and Anne walked. He looked down on her, and she smiled up at him, morphing her face back to its human features.
"Please, Celeste brought you back from the dead. You were chosen for a reason. You don't think she looked at the past, before bringing you back?"
"And she told you?" said Saffire, disbelieving her. *Why would a Goddess of Evil tell a vampire her reasons for resurrecting people?*
"You don't believe me? I'm hurt. I am Celeste's second in command. I know everything that is, how can I put this, classified," answered Anne.
The two fell silent as they walked. They were inside the palace where the vampires dwelt. Celeste had created the palace as a gift for the vampires, a thanking for their loyalty. There were ten different wings, as well as the main hall. Each of the nine Brotherhoods had their own wing, and Anne had the final wing completely to herself.
Saffire glanced down at the jet-black floor. It was highly polished, and he could see his own reflection. However, Anne, like all vampires, cast no reflection upon the floor.
Finally, they reached the large doors that opened into Anne's part of the palace. She pushed the heavyset doors open with ease, using her vampiric strength that Saffire marvelled at.
Anne led him through, down the hallway. She stopped so that two of her vampire servants could take her flowing black cape off her, and then carried on walking.
"Would you like to come back to my private chambers? I have the other Scout we caught there, I think I may as well torture the information we want out of her," asked Anne.
"Perhaps I can join you later. I think I will go and see my brother," said Saffire.
Anne nodded, and snapped her fingers, summoning a vampire.
"Yes, my leader?" said the vampire.
"Accompany Saffire to his brother's room," ordered Anne.
The servant gestured for Saffire to follow him, and he bowed to Anne before he led Saffire away.
Anne smiled, and walked into her chambers.
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Sigma paced nervously outside Celeste's throne room. Vespen and Nephrite also stood with her, waiting for Celeste to call them inside the throne room.
Nephrite found himself filled with the same sense of dread he had experienced whilst under Beryl's command.
*If I fail, she'll kill me. Celeste doesn't care about her generals, just like Beryl didn't* he thought.
"You may enter," said a vampire, opening the door encrusted with bones that led to the throne room.
The three filed in slowly, Sigma dragging her feet.
Nephrite took in the view of the throne room. Its floor was black with silver lines running through it. Silver lanterns provided light, and were dotted throughout the room. A huge stained glass window adorned one wall, depicting scenes of war.
The throne itself was huge. It was jet black and decorated with the bones and blood of past victims.
*Or perhaps even servants* Nephrite thought grimly.
Celeste herself pushed the vampire out of the door and closed it.
She truly was a goddess of evil. Her skin was deathly white, in sharp contrast to her raven hair that fell to her lower back. Two bat-like wings that looked like black leather sprouted from her upper back. She was clothed in a black leather backless catsuit. In her right hand, she held a black whip that was stained with blood.
She flew above the three and took her place on her throne.
Nephrite, Sigma and Vespen bowed to her.
"Get up," ordered Celeste in a voice that could have frozen hell itself.
"You have failed me Sigma," Celeste began.
"My liege, please, I can explain, give me another chance," grovelled Sigma, getting down on her hands and knees.
"Silence!" shouted Celeste, her voice echoing through the room.
Sigma cowered at Celeste's feet.
"You failed miserably in your assigned mission. Were it not for Vespen, we would have no captives. You already know that you are out of favour with me. The only reason you were chosen to come was because your pathetic 'leaders' Dionne and Nikki are keeping an eye on things back in Fairview. If you wish to live, may I suggest your wolf pack start behaving more like a wolf pack and less like a six pack!" screamed Celeste.
Sigma cowered even more. The blue haired woman was shaking, and Nephrite thought she was going to die of fear.
"Vespen!" said Celeste.
"Yes, my liege?" said the demon, with little fear after all, he had been praised.
"Although you managed to capture some of our opponents, your demons showed an extreme lack of control. When the others arrived to help their allies, they became disorganized, and panicked. You need to train them to a more acceptable standard in future, or else I shall replace you- permanently," said Celeste, glowering at Vespen.
"As you wish my liege," answered Vespen sullenly.
Nephrite laughed inwardly. *The fool actually thought he was going to be praised? Celeste didn't get where she is today by dishing out praise* he thought. Nephrite disliked Vespen greatly, and thought the demon was self- centred.
*From what I've heard, Celeste was beginning to garner power about a thousand or so years after the Negaverse's destruction. And she even betrayed the person responsible for her power. She killed him in cold blood. Perhaps she and Beryl were cut from the same cloth? After all, they both are, or were, power hungry maniacs.*
"Nephrite!" Celeste called his name and he stood to attention, and bowed low.
"Yes my liege?" he said, avoiding eye contact with the bottomless onyx pupils of Celeste.
"You showed initiative on the first battle with the Scouts and Obsidian. You have experience in dealing with the Scouts. Go to Earth; find out where they are operating from. Fail me, and you will wish that you had never been resurrected," commanded Celeste.
"Yes, my liege," answered Nephrite.
"Go to Anne, and ask her to provide you with an orb that opens portals," Celeste added, as Nephrite turned to leave.
"Leave me now," ordered Celeste, and the three left, Sigma still cowering.
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Nephrite barged past the vampires who got in his way whilst he strode to Anne's chambers.
*What do they need all this room for? It's not as if they actually use all of it* he thought to himself.
He arrived at the door to Anne's room shortly. He knocked loudly on the door, wishing to leave the vampire palace as soon as he could.
*They give me the creeps* he thought, shuddering inwardly, not wanting to show any signs of weakness in front of the vampires.
"Come in," said Anne from within her room.
*She sounds happy* thought Nephrite, as he entered.
Anne was sitting next to Sailor Neptune, who was bound but not gagged. She held a glass of red wine - or blood, and she held a dagger playfully. Anne stopped smiling when she saw that Nephrite had entered.
"Oh, it's you," she said, not hiding her disappointment.
"Expecting someone else?" asked Nephrite.
He looked at Sailor Neptune and almost felt sorry for her. Her arms had been cut and Nephrite guessed that Anne had been drinking her blood. Her hair was plastered to her head with sweat, and she was shivering.
"Well, I was hoping you were Saffire," said Anne, standing up.
Nephrite noticed that Anne had changed her clothes, and was now wearing a red slip, that left little to the imagination.
Nephrite raised an eyebrow at her words. "I didn't know you two were that friendly," he said.
"Oh we aren't, not yet, anyway," said Anne, smiling.
"What have you been doing to her?" asked Nephrite, looking again at Neptune.
"Oh, nothing much. Y'know, for a lesbian, she really doesn't respond to my caresses and kisses that much. So, I decided to skip ahead to the actual hurting torture, Michelle seems to feel more talkative then," said Anne.
"So, what is it you want?" she asked him.
"Celeste told me to get a portal orb off you," he said brushing back his brown hair.
"What for?" she asked suspiciously.
"I have a mission that I need it for," he said.
Anne walked over to a nearby cabinet and pulled out a black velvet bag. She handed the bag to him carefully.
"Here. Look after it, do you know how long it takes me to make them?" she said.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful," he said. Nephrite turned to leave and Anne muttered something under her breath.
"What was that?" he asked, turning to face her.
"Nothing. Didn't you have a girlfriend, Mandy, or something like that?" she asked.
"Molly actually. What about her?"
"Well, ever thought about going to see her? You never know, perhaps she's bored of that new boy of hers," said Anne.
"Perhaps I will," said Nephrite. "Goodbye Anne."
"Goodbye Nephrite. Enjoy yourself. I know that Michelle and I will," said Anne.
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Saffire hesitated, wondering whether or not he should knock. Before he had decided his brother's voice welcomed him in.
Saffire stepped inside and gasped when he saw who else was in the room.
"Sailor Moon! But how, and why?" he said.
"Look what my youma dragged in," said Diamond, brushing a few stray strands of white hair away from his eyes.
"Please, let me go," pleaded Sailor Moon.
She appeared to be unhurt, although her eyes were tear stained and she was shivering.
"Does Celeste know about this?" asked Saffire, afraid for his brother's safety.
"No," answered Diamond.
"We must give her to Celeste at once! Do you have any idea what she'll do if she finds out?" said Saffire.
"I know full well what Celeste could do. And I am not going to give Sailor Moon to Celeste either," said Diamond.
"What are you going to do with her then? Keep her?" asked Saffire panicking.
"Remember the first time we attempted to go back in order to get Serenity?" said Diamond, laughing at his brother.
"We went too far back, and ended up in the Silver Millennium itself," said Saffire.
"Yes. Remember who I met?"
"The sprite. The twin one, yes?" asked Saffire.
"Her name was Polaris," said Diamond, sighing.
"You loved her?" asked Saffire.
"Very much, brother, very much," answered Diamond.
"So why did you leave? Why not take her with you? And why did you pursue Sailor Moon?"
"I thought she was dead. And if you remember, we were listening to Wiseman at the time and he was adamant about finding Sailor Moon," said Diamond.
"Well if she died, what changes things now?" asked Saffire, confused.
"One of Obsidian is Polaris. The girl holds her soul. If I can get her to come here of her own choice, I can have her," said Diamond, a far off look in his eyes.
"Why would she come here?" asked Saffire.
"In exchange for Sailor Moon. There are more Scouts than Obsidian, so they will naturally, want their leader back. They would probably force Obsidian to make the switch by arguing that with Sailor Moon and the Silver Crystal that they can defeat Celeste," answered Diamond.
"A clever plan, but with one flaw. What if they really do defeat Celeste with the Silver Crystal?"
"I have enough power to make sure Polaris and I are safe. If all else fails, I'll return her, but I won't leave her go. Never," said Diamond.
"I hope this works out, for your sake and mine," said Saffire, who said his goodbye then left.
"She won't do it, you know," said Sailor Moon.
"Really? You think your little Scouts are willing to leave you at my mercy? And what about lover boy, Tuxedo Mask?" said Diamond mockingly.
Sailor Moon fell silent.
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Saffire stalked towards Anne's room. He was, in part furious with his brother, but scared witless for himself.
*What will Celeste do to me if she finds out that I knew?* he thought. He walked into Nephrite as he was so consumed in his thoughts.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" said Nephrite, hugging a black bag close to him.
"Sorry," muttered Saffire, walking past him.
"If you're going to see Anne, I think you should be warned- she's in the mood for love," said Nephrite, laughing.
Saffire ignored him and carried on walking to Anne's room.
*What's his problem?* thought Nephrite. *I didn't realise he was so uptight*
Nephrite carried on walking until he reached the portal that was always open. It led to Earth, and a sorcerer was always on hand to open up a portal exit to whatever part of Earth that you wished to go to.
"Juuban, Tokyo," said Nephrite as he morphed his uniform into Earth clothes.
The sorcerer nodded and motioned for him to go through.
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Celeste's Realm.
Sailor Uranus opened her eyes slowly. Her head ached and throbbed with a dull pain. She tried to remember what happened after she jumped into the portal after Michelle. *Michelle? Where is she?*
She opened her mouth to call out to her lover, but couldn't, as she was gagged. Someone, or thing, had chained her arms to the wall, forcing her to stand. Her legs ached, and she longed to sit down.
"I wouldn't bother calling for help, my dear. No-one will come to aid you, not here," purred the voice of Anne.
Anne walked in front of Sailor Uranus and stopped in front of her. She reached up and took the gag away from Uranus's mouth.
"Is that more comfortable?" asked Anne, smiling.
Uranus spat at the vampiress, and said "Where the hell is Sailor Neptune, you little bitch!?"
"Temper, temper," Anne laughed.
Anne looked up as she heard the echo of footsteps. Saffire entered the room, and he glared at Sailor Uranus.
"I thought you said we'd captured Sailor Venus," he said bitterly.
"Actually, I said we'd captured two of the Scouts, and that wretched human who helps Obsidian," answered Anne. "Why the obsession with Venus, may I ask?"
"She killed someone who was close to me," he said, pushing his dark blue bangs away from his eyes.
"Emerald?" asked Anne.
"How did you know?" he said, shocked.
Sailor Uranus laughed. "You forgot that you already told Venus you wanted to kill her for killing Emerald, retard."
Anne slapped Uranus in the face sharply. Her brown eyes were full of loathing, and she let her face morph into its vampiric self.
"Silence!" she hissed. "You will spoke when spoken to, or do you want the gag back?"
Sailor Uranus fell quiet. She bowed her head, still feeling the stinging sensation of the slap.
"That's better," said Anne. She smiled faintly, and stroked Sailor Uranus's leg.
"It would be such a pity, to spoil something as precious as you, my dear," she added.
Anne held Saffire's arm and led him out of the room, leaving Sailor Uranus alone. Uranus screamed in frustration, but no one came back, and no one answered her.
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"How did you know?" asked Saffire again, as he and Anne walked. He looked down on her, and she smiled up at him, morphing her face back to its human features.
"Please, Celeste brought you back from the dead. You were chosen for a reason. You don't think she looked at the past, before bringing you back?"
"And she told you?" said Saffire, disbelieving her. *Why would a Goddess of Evil tell a vampire her reasons for resurrecting people?*
"You don't believe me? I'm hurt. I am Celeste's second in command. I know everything that is, how can I put this, classified," answered Anne.
The two fell silent as they walked. They were inside the palace where the vampires dwelt. Celeste had created the palace as a gift for the vampires, a thanking for their loyalty. There were ten different wings, as well as the main hall. Each of the nine Brotherhoods had their own wing, and Anne had the final wing completely to herself.
Saffire glanced down at the jet-black floor. It was highly polished, and he could see his own reflection. However, Anne, like all vampires, cast no reflection upon the floor.
Finally, they reached the large doors that opened into Anne's part of the palace. She pushed the heavyset doors open with ease, using her vampiric strength that Saffire marvelled at.
Anne led him through, down the hallway. She stopped so that two of her vampire servants could take her flowing black cape off her, and then carried on walking.
"Would you like to come back to my private chambers? I have the other Scout we caught there, I think I may as well torture the information we want out of her," asked Anne.
"Perhaps I can join you later. I think I will go and see my brother," said Saffire.
Anne nodded, and snapped her fingers, summoning a vampire.
"Yes, my leader?" said the vampire.
"Accompany Saffire to his brother's room," ordered Anne.
The servant gestured for Saffire to follow him, and he bowed to Anne before he led Saffire away.
Anne smiled, and walked into her chambers.
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Sigma paced nervously outside Celeste's throne room. Vespen and Nephrite also stood with her, waiting for Celeste to call them inside the throne room.
Nephrite found himself filled with the same sense of dread he had experienced whilst under Beryl's command.
*If I fail, she'll kill me. Celeste doesn't care about her generals, just like Beryl didn't* he thought.
"You may enter," said a vampire, opening the door encrusted with bones that led to the throne room.
The three filed in slowly, Sigma dragging her feet.
Nephrite took in the view of the throne room. Its floor was black with silver lines running through it. Silver lanterns provided light, and were dotted throughout the room. A huge stained glass window adorned one wall, depicting scenes of war.
The throne itself was huge. It was jet black and decorated with the bones and blood of past victims.
*Or perhaps even servants* Nephrite thought grimly.
Celeste herself pushed the vampire out of the door and closed it.
She truly was a goddess of evil. Her skin was deathly white, in sharp contrast to her raven hair that fell to her lower back. Two bat-like wings that looked like black leather sprouted from her upper back. She was clothed in a black leather backless catsuit. In her right hand, she held a black whip that was stained with blood.
She flew above the three and took her place on her throne.
Nephrite, Sigma and Vespen bowed to her.
"Get up," ordered Celeste in a voice that could have frozen hell itself.
"You have failed me Sigma," Celeste began.
"My liege, please, I can explain, give me another chance," grovelled Sigma, getting down on her hands and knees.
"Silence!" shouted Celeste, her voice echoing through the room.
Sigma cowered at Celeste's feet.
"You failed miserably in your assigned mission. Were it not for Vespen, we would have no captives. You already know that you are out of favour with me. The only reason you were chosen to come was because your pathetic 'leaders' Dionne and Nikki are keeping an eye on things back in Fairview. If you wish to live, may I suggest your wolf pack start behaving more like a wolf pack and less like a six pack!" screamed Celeste.
Sigma cowered even more. The blue haired woman was shaking, and Nephrite thought she was going to die of fear.
"Vespen!" said Celeste.
"Yes, my liege?" said the demon, with little fear after all, he had been praised.
"Although you managed to capture some of our opponents, your demons showed an extreme lack of control. When the others arrived to help their allies, they became disorganized, and panicked. You need to train them to a more acceptable standard in future, or else I shall replace you- permanently," said Celeste, glowering at Vespen.
"As you wish my liege," answered Vespen sullenly.
Nephrite laughed inwardly. *The fool actually thought he was going to be praised? Celeste didn't get where she is today by dishing out praise* he thought. Nephrite disliked Vespen greatly, and thought the demon was self- centred.
*From what I've heard, Celeste was beginning to garner power about a thousand or so years after the Negaverse's destruction. And she even betrayed the person responsible for her power. She killed him in cold blood. Perhaps she and Beryl were cut from the same cloth? After all, they both are, or were, power hungry maniacs.*
"Nephrite!" Celeste called his name and he stood to attention, and bowed low.
"Yes my liege?" he said, avoiding eye contact with the bottomless onyx pupils of Celeste.
"You showed initiative on the first battle with the Scouts and Obsidian. You have experience in dealing with the Scouts. Go to Earth; find out where they are operating from. Fail me, and you will wish that you had never been resurrected," commanded Celeste.
"Yes, my liege," answered Nephrite.
"Go to Anne, and ask her to provide you with an orb that opens portals," Celeste added, as Nephrite turned to leave.
"Leave me now," ordered Celeste, and the three left, Sigma still cowering.
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Nephrite barged past the vampires who got in his way whilst he strode to Anne's chambers.
*What do they need all this room for? It's not as if they actually use all of it* he thought to himself.
He arrived at the door to Anne's room shortly. He knocked loudly on the door, wishing to leave the vampire palace as soon as he could.
*They give me the creeps* he thought, shuddering inwardly, not wanting to show any signs of weakness in front of the vampires.
"Come in," said Anne from within her room.
*She sounds happy* thought Nephrite, as he entered.
Anne was sitting next to Sailor Neptune, who was bound but not gagged. She held a glass of red wine - or blood, and she held a dagger playfully. Anne stopped smiling when she saw that Nephrite had entered.
"Oh, it's you," she said, not hiding her disappointment.
"Expecting someone else?" asked Nephrite.
He looked at Sailor Neptune and almost felt sorry for her. Her arms had been cut and Nephrite guessed that Anne had been drinking her blood. Her hair was plastered to her head with sweat, and she was shivering.
"Well, I was hoping you were Saffire," said Anne, standing up.
Nephrite noticed that Anne had changed her clothes, and was now wearing a red slip, that left little to the imagination.
Nephrite raised an eyebrow at her words. "I didn't know you two were that friendly," he said.
"Oh we aren't, not yet, anyway," said Anne, smiling.
"What have you been doing to her?" asked Nephrite, looking again at Neptune.
"Oh, nothing much. Y'know, for a lesbian, she really doesn't respond to my caresses and kisses that much. So, I decided to skip ahead to the actual hurting torture, Michelle seems to feel more talkative then," said Anne.
"So, what is it you want?" she asked him.
"Celeste told me to get a portal orb off you," he said brushing back his brown hair.
"What for?" she asked suspiciously.
"I have a mission that I need it for," he said.
Anne walked over to a nearby cabinet and pulled out a black velvet bag. She handed the bag to him carefully.
"Here. Look after it, do you know how long it takes me to make them?" she said.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful," he said. Nephrite turned to leave and Anne muttered something under her breath.
"What was that?" he asked, turning to face her.
"Nothing. Didn't you have a girlfriend, Mandy, or something like that?" she asked.
"Molly actually. What about her?"
"Well, ever thought about going to see her? You never know, perhaps she's bored of that new boy of hers," said Anne.
"Perhaps I will," said Nephrite. "Goodbye Anne."
"Goodbye Nephrite. Enjoy yourself. I know that Michelle and I will," said Anne.
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Saffire hesitated, wondering whether or not he should knock. Before he had decided his brother's voice welcomed him in.
Saffire stepped inside and gasped when he saw who else was in the room.
"Sailor Moon! But how, and why?" he said.
"Look what my youma dragged in," said Diamond, brushing a few stray strands of white hair away from his eyes.
"Please, let me go," pleaded Sailor Moon.
She appeared to be unhurt, although her eyes were tear stained and she was shivering.
"Does Celeste know about this?" asked Saffire, afraid for his brother's safety.
"No," answered Diamond.
"We must give her to Celeste at once! Do you have any idea what she'll do if she finds out?" said Saffire.
"I know full well what Celeste could do. And I am not going to give Sailor Moon to Celeste either," said Diamond.
"What are you going to do with her then? Keep her?" asked Saffire panicking.
"Remember the first time we attempted to go back in order to get Serenity?" said Diamond, laughing at his brother.
"We went too far back, and ended up in the Silver Millennium itself," said Saffire.
"Yes. Remember who I met?"
"The sprite. The twin one, yes?" asked Saffire.
"Her name was Polaris," said Diamond, sighing.
"You loved her?" asked Saffire.
"Very much, brother, very much," answered Diamond.
"So why did you leave? Why not take her with you? And why did you pursue Sailor Moon?"
"I thought she was dead. And if you remember, we were listening to Wiseman at the time and he was adamant about finding Sailor Moon," said Diamond.
"Well if she died, what changes things now?" asked Saffire, confused.
"One of Obsidian is Polaris. The girl holds her soul. If I can get her to come here of her own choice, I can have her," said Diamond, a far off look in his eyes.
"Why would she come here?" asked Saffire.
"In exchange for Sailor Moon. There are more Scouts than Obsidian, so they will naturally, want their leader back. They would probably force Obsidian to make the switch by arguing that with Sailor Moon and the Silver Crystal that they can defeat Celeste," answered Diamond.
"A clever plan, but with one flaw. What if they really do defeat Celeste with the Silver Crystal?"
"I have enough power to make sure Polaris and I are safe. If all else fails, I'll return her, but I won't leave her go. Never," said Diamond.
"I hope this works out, for your sake and mine," said Saffire, who said his goodbye then left.
"She won't do it, you know," said Sailor Moon.
"Really? You think your little Scouts are willing to leave you at my mercy? And what about lover boy, Tuxedo Mask?" said Diamond mockingly.
Sailor Moon fell silent.
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Saffire stalked towards Anne's room. He was, in part furious with his brother, but scared witless for himself.
*What will Celeste do to me if she finds out that I knew?* he thought. He walked into Nephrite as he was so consumed in his thoughts.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" said Nephrite, hugging a black bag close to him.
"Sorry," muttered Saffire, walking past him.
"If you're going to see Anne, I think you should be warned- she's in the mood for love," said Nephrite, laughing.
Saffire ignored him and carried on walking to Anne's room.
*What's his problem?* thought Nephrite. *I didn't realise he was so uptight*
Nephrite carried on walking until he reached the portal that was always open. It led to Earth, and a sorcerer was always on hand to open up a portal exit to whatever part of Earth that you wished to go to.
"Juuban, Tokyo," said Nephrite as he morphed his uniform into Earth clothes.
The sorcerer nodded and motioned for him to go through.
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